Trade & FA 2024-25:

[F Gump]

“Ant Edwards and KD have a very tight connection from the Olympics. They tried to pull off a crazy trade at the deadline for KD, look for them to revisit talks in the summer.”


From Brian Windhorst on Get Up today.  Wolves definitely going to make a play for KD. The 2nd apron was put into place to specifically prevent trades like this with teams capped out.

Let’s see if it actually does stop it.

The new rules don't actually prohibit things -- it's just numbers that alter HOW you can get from here to there. Sometimes the HOW then makes you lose interest. But not always. The point being, if KD and Minny want to join forces, it can happen, but their total payroll, and the bodies they would have to move, are going to impact whether it goes anywhere. 

IIRC there was NOT any KD interest in Minny at the deadline, and it was going to be really hard (and expensive) to navigate, requiring significant roster altering along with a team to take a lot of salary since both are over Apron 2. It may or may not be as challenging in the summer.